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Plasma Urate, Cancer Incidence, and All-Cause Mortality: A Mendelian Randomization Study.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Jun 2017
Kobylecki Camilla J, Afzal Shoaib, Nordestgaard Børge G
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BACKGROUND: Observationally, high plasma urate is associated with high risk of cancer. We used a Mendelian randomization design to test the hypothesis that high concentrations of plasma urate are associated with high cancer incidence and all-cause mortality observationally and genetically. METHODS: We performed observational and genetic analyses using plasma urate and the urate solute carrier family 2 member 9...
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